The Thames Ironworks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Thames Ironworks write by Brian Belton. This book was released on 2015-09-07. The Thames Ironworks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Located in the heart of London's East End, the Thames Ironworks might be described as characteristic of the industrial and social landscape of the Victorian era. This successful enterprise, headed by the respected Hills family, undertook projects in shipping, civil engineering, electrical engineering and motoring. But as well as providing employment, the ironworks was also central to the social lives of its workers. Its football team, founded by Arnold Hills in 1895, was destined to become world famous as West Ham United. Author Brian Belton explores how the Victorian values of commercialism, religion, philanthropy and patriarchy that made this giant of industry a success were inextricably linked with a sense of fair play, competitive spirit and the growth of football as a national obsession. Peppered with the songs and memories of a treasured cockney region, this is an entertaining portrait of ships, industry, sport and, most of all, the people of the Docklands communities that relied on the ironworks for their daily bread.
Thames Ironworks V. Admiralty
Thames Ironworks V. Admiralty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Thames Ironworks V. Admiralty write by Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company. This book was released on 1911. Thames Ironworks V. Admiralty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Thames Iron Works 1837-1912
The Thames Iron Works 1837-1912 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Thames Iron Works 1837-1912 write by Daniel Harrison. This book was released on 2015. The Thames Iron Works 1837-1912 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company was one of the great private enterprises of the Victorian age. It launched several of the most famous warships of the time from its slipways at the mouth of the River Lea. One of the pioneers of shipbuilding in iron, the company flourished in the mid 19th century: the yard built ships not just for the Royal Navy but for other foreign powers seeking to furnish their navies with the super-weapons of that age. Their expertise in iron construction was also deployed in groundbreaking civil engineering projects - several still in use - from Anglesey to Asia. Recent archaeological excavations at the launch-site of Crossrail tunnelling machines on the Limmo Peninsula afforded a glimpse of this vanished industry. Several important components of the yard were investigated, including engineering workshops, a furnace, a mast house and mould loft building, and a slipway. An account of the development of the Thames Iron Works places it within the wider context of London's 19th-century shipbuilding industry.
Iron Shipbuilding on the Thames, 1832–1915
Iron Shipbuilding on the Thames, 1832–1915 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Iron Shipbuilding on the Thames, 1832–1915 write by A.J. Arnold. This book was released on 2017-11-22. Iron Shipbuilding on the Thames, 1832–1915 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This title was first published in 2000. 'Little better documented than King Arthur or Robin Hood' complained one historian in 1998 describing the lack of information on Thames shipbuilding. This study of iron shipbuilding on the capital's river fills this noticeable gap. A.J. Arnold examines the initial domination of the iron shipbuilding trade by Thames firms from the launch of the first iron vessel on the river in 1832 to the end of serious Thames-side shipbuilding in 1915. For the first time, the factors that caused the industry's demise are explored fully, together with an analysis of the effect it had on its locality. Extending existing series of data, the book includes information on annual shipbuilding tonnage and the number of vessels constructed, and further looks at tonnage built for foreign citizens, companies and navies, and for the British Admirality. This broader and deeper statistical survey is supplemented with less systematic documentation such as memorabilia and business records to arrive at the most complete picture yet of a once pre-eminent British industry. A.J. Arnold is Professor of Accounting and Business History at the University of Essex.
Founded on Iron
Founded on Iron - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Founded on Iron write by Brian Belton. This book was released on 2003-05. Founded on Iron available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book discusses the origins of West Ham United, of players and fans who were the iron-men of the past, and how it has developed into fierce loyalty and a proud community.
